Fastening device



Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

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WILLIAMsCHEOnEE, OE i COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, AssIGNOE To: THE :SEBASTIAN `EA'IJHE COMPANY, OE CINCINNATI, OHIOA CORPORATION OE OHIO.

EAsTENINe DEVICE.

applicati@ flea octoter 22, 19e-4. semaine. 745,246.

This invention relates to' a clamp or supporting device as an article of manufacture, adapted for suspending catch pans orlike receptacles to frame structures of vario-us kinds. More particularly, a specilied use is in attaching chips or water pans to the supporting frames of lathes or machine too-ls so as to sustain the pans beneath the beds ot the machines. I

An object of the linvention is to provide l a device having a fastening portion adapted to be secured to the machine support, and having a foot o-r supporting shelf extending out: therefrom so as to engage under the pan being supported, and a` clamping block or jaw adjustable in relation tothe fastening portion soas to clamp the rim of the element being supported against the fastening'member of the device and in position on the foot or supporting shelf.

Another object isy to provide a device of `this character whichV can be cheaply manu- `actured and can be quickly and conveniently attached to a machine frame so as to securely sustain a receptacle beneath the machine, permitting easy removalof the receptacle for the purpose of cleaning. Still another Object is to provide a fastening device having a pair of jaws adapted to clampingly engage about the rimof the receptacle to be supported, one of said jaws adjustable in relation to the other so as to permit the insertion and securing of-various receptacle rim thicknesses between the jaws. `Other objects and certain advantages will be more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying-drawings forming a part of this specitication, in which:

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a plurality of the `clamps illustrating the clamps in set up position attached to the legs of the lathe,

and having a receptacle supported and secured thereon. i

` Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 Figure 1, further illustrating the clamps in service position. Y

Figure 3 is a detail side lview Ot the clamp partlyin section, showing the clamp as at-A tached to the leg of a lathe, and a receptacle supported and secured in the clamp.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line H, Figure 3, showing the clamp in front view. I

In illustrating the invention, a plurality of the clamps or supporting devices have been shownv .as supporting a chip 'pan 1 bev i neath the bed of a machine tool, the supporting devices being clamped to the legs 2 of the machine tool.

The device as illustrated in detail in Figures 3 and '4, comprises a body portion 9 and an inclined supporting lieg 10 integral with and extending from thev body portion, the body portion being suitably formed to adapt it flor attachment to the legs of the machine, too

The lowerv endv of the leg portion is provided with an annular foot extension 11 i adapted to englagefbeneath the pan 2 and to support'the same. The pan side or rim is held against the inclined face, 12 of .the leg y" by means of a clamping jaw13'adapted to engage the inside of the rim, and to clamp the rim against the leg. The Vadjusting of the clamping j`aw13 is accomplished by means of a screw 14. The leg portion functions herein as a stationary clamping jaw in conjunction with the clamping jaw 13. Thel movable vjaw consists of a plate en gaged at its upper side against a raised portion of the face 12, providing a space between the low portion of the face 12 andthe plate 13, for thel reception of the particular pan top edge. The plate is loosely traversed by the screw 14, the screw being threaded into the inclined leg at a point slightly below the raised portion.

The body of the device comprises a pair i. l

of jawsl formed by a slot 16. This slot is in vertical position as the device is viewed in set up position, and screws 17 are threaded into one of the jaws at right angles to the slot, the screws traversing the yslot so vras to engage the portion of the lathe leg inserted between the jaws, securing the same vbetween the screw points and the opposite wall of the slot. l

The relation of the slot and jaws to the pan engaging portion12 of the device, allow the adjustment ot the leg 1 0 to anydesired inclination to suit the 'pan rim inclination, and permits the clamping device to kbe swung down to disengage from the pan when the clamping jaw 1 3v is loosened. f The adjust able jaw 13 adapts the'device for clamping various thicknesses of pan rims thereimand securely maintains `.the pan in set position on. the foot extension 11.

Having described my invention, I claim: 'LA device ot the class described comprising a body portion slotted at one sideto a pair of angularly related jaws at substantially oppositesides thereof, one pair for engagement about a support and the other for engagement about the top edge of a receptacle, said device having a leg extending in aldireotion away from the receptacle en gagin-g jaw, said leg having a terminal foot for supporting the bottom of the receptaclel while the upper edge is clamped by the jaw. u In witness whereof, Iv hereunto subscribe niy name.

- wiLLiAM soHRoDER. 

